Storage-cabinet.



E. O. BENNETT.

STORAGE CABINET.

APPLICATION HLED APR. in, 1916.

1 ,229,2 1 2 Patented June 12, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

nqvn e HGURE "r ms ATTORNEY FTQ EDVARD 0. BENNETT, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

STORAGE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntefl Jung 12, 191?,

Application filed April 19, 1916. Serial No. 92,294.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Storage-Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a storage cabinet especially designed for the purpose of storing a valise, overcoat, or any other package required, and said cabinet is so constructed as to have a plurality of compartments therein, each compartment having a door opening to the outside thereof, and coritrolled by a coin and cheek operative loc A further object of my invention is to construct a storage cabinet in a simple, durable, and economic manner, and to provide a means whereby all the locks of the compartments, or any one of them, may be readily removed from said cabinet in case of loss of a check or for any other purpose that would require the removal of said lock or looks.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicated corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my storage cabinet showing the coin receptacle, doors in all compartments, tubes in place, looks in place, and a plurality of compartments.

Fig. 2 is a section of the front of my cabinet on line AA of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the tube lifting and locking mechanism.

Fig. 4 is aplan view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 8.

Fig. 6 is a front View of two locks showing the check protector fastened to the frame 1 and casing 1 of the cabinet.

Fig. 7 is a side view of Fig. ,6 showing means for fastening the locks in place, parts broken away. v

Fig. 8 is a section on line B-B of Fig. 9, showing the doors hinged in place, and the metal fastenings by which the cabinet frame is held together.

Fig. 9 is a section on line C0 of Fig. 8,

showing the metal fastenings, the turned edges by which the cabinet is held together, the openings through which the door hinge rods pass, and the tubes in place passing through said metal fastenings.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of metal door, showing the metal lining on the inside and the hinge connection and outer edges folded together.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the frame of my storage cabinet. The cabinet may be of any size required and of any suitable material, such as wood or sheet metal and is adapted to contain the operative parts of the locking device, supported at the required height by said frame 1. The cabinet 1 has a plurality of compartments 2, doors 3, and locking bolts 3 adapted to be moved inwardly and outwardly through the casing or frame 1 by turn bars 6 and shaped to engage locks 6 which are held in said casing 1 of frame 1 by slots 6 Doors 3 are shown in all of said compartments adapted to open outwardly. In the lower part of said frame 1 is shown coin drawer 4, the same being locked with a lock 5. Tubes 7 are shown extending from the top of said cabinet 1, engaging locks 6 at 19 and leading to coin drawer 4 at the bottom thereof, said tubes having openings 8 in the sides thereof adapted to aline with the coin slots 9 in said locks, thereby delivering the coins l0 therethrough to coin receptacle 4. Said tubes 7 are fastened at the top thereof to block 11 and are operated by locking arm 12 and cam 13 attached to shaft 14, said shaft 14; having its inner bearing in block 15 fastened to the top outside of said cabinet 1 by screws 17 back of molding 16. The arm 12 is adapted to connect with lock 18 when the arm is turned over to the right connecting tubes 7 with locks 6 by slots cut in tubes 7 shown at 19 which hold said locks 6 in position when said arm 12 is locked by lock 18.

The check member of coin locks 6 is shown at 20, and as it is found that these checks often get broken off as they are continuously locked in position when the compartments are not in use, I therefore provide a guard fastened to casing 1 and cabinet 1 projecting through the casings 1 thereof a distance as shown at 21. Partitions are shown at 22 dividing the compartments of said cabinet 1, and the floors of said compartments are shown at 23. Metal castings 2425 are shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and are 30 through which steel rods 31 pass.

for the purpose of fastening said cabinet together by means of the bent edges 26, and holes 26 through guard 21 and through casings 1 a part of bent edges 26 having an offset 27 for the purpose of preventing any side motion of bent edges 26 in metal castings 2425. The construction of the doors 3 is shown in Fig. 10. The doors have an outer metal plate shown at 28, and an inner metal lining 29, said outer metal plate 28 and said inner metal lining plate 29 being rolled together to form a hinge connection Said steel rods 31 pass down through a plurality of holes 32 in metal castings 24 and through a plurality of compartments 2, and through rolled hinge connections 30, connecting doors 2 to frame 1 of said cabinet. The outer side edges of said metal doors 3 and the innermetal lining plates 29 are folded together at 33 for the purpose of forming a rigid side edge 33 to said doors 3, and to fasten said inner metal lining plate 29 in place. 7

The operation of my storage cabinet is as follows: The article to be stored is placed in one of the compartments of the cabinet 1, the door is closed, the coin is then placed into coin slot 9 and turn bar 6 is turned down carrying locking bolt 3 into engagement with lock (3 which releases check 20, and locks door 3 and allows coin to pass into tube 7. To unlock said door 3, replace check 20 in lock 6, which movement will unlock door 3 and lock check 20 in place, ready to repeat the above operation. Locks 6 are fitted into casings 1 of cabinet 1 in their proper place and are held in place by tubes 7, which tubes 7 pass down through said partition 22 behind the locks 6 and engage said looks at 19 holding them in place when locking bar 12 is locked in place by lock 18. To remove any one or all of said locks, locking bar 12 is unlocked from lock 18, and turned around to the left as shown in dotted lines behind molding 16 in Fig. 3. This movement raises tubes 7 out of engagement with locks 6 and permits the removal of the same.

It will be evident that the individual checking the article will have to return the check 20 to its proper place in lock 6 before he can release the article placed in any one of the compartments of the storage cabinet.

It will be understood that my storage cabinets will be fixed in public or other places where there will be the greatest demand for their use as, for instance, in depots, hotels, or athletic clubs, public halls and anywhere there may be a demand for tion, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A cabinet having a plurality of com-.

partments, a door for each compartment, coin controlled locks for normally locking said doors in closed position, a coin receptacle in the lower part of said cabinet adapted to be locked against outside intrusion, tubes extending from the top of said cabinet adapted to engage said locks and lock the same in place, said tubes leading to said coin receptacle in the lower part of said cabinet adapted to deliver a coin to said receptacle, a block to which the upper ends of said tubes are fastened, means by which said tubes are raised and lowered out of ad justment and into adjustment with said locks, said tubes leading to said coin receptacle, and means by which said tubes are fastened against outside intrusion, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cabinet, a coin receptacle in the lower part of said cabinet, coin operative locks connected to said cabinet adapted to receive a coin placedtherein, tubes bywhich said coin locks are securedto said cabinet, means by which said tubes areoperated, a check locking and unlocking member, means by which saidcheck locking and unlocking member is protected from breakage, said tubes extending from the top to the bottom of said cabinet and having openings in the sides thereof adapted to aline with the coin slots in said coin operative locks and deliver coins therethrough, to said receptacle fastened to the lower part of said cabinet, substantially as shown and described.

. 3. A cabinet, a coin receptacle in the lower part of said cabinet adapted to receive coins, coin locks fastened to said cabinet, tubes by which said coin locks are secured to said cabinet, said tubes also being adapted to convey coins to said receptacle, and means by which said tubes are held in place in said cabinet, substantially as shown and described. a I

In testimony whereof I afii'x my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD O. BENNETT.

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' Washington, D. C. 

